January 20

Dear Fireside Families,
     Just a reminder, in February, Fireside will be hosting C.A.P. (Child Assault Prevention), a program to equip students with skills to prevent assault, abuse and bullying behaviors. This is a highly reputable program. To find out more, visit the CAP website. Please be sure to view the attached letter that also went out in today's Friday Folder.  Parents are encouraged to attend the C.A.P meeting that will be held in the library on February 2nd from 6-8pm to learn more about the program and what will be presented during the student workshops. Childcare will be made available. Please RSVP here by January 31st if you plan to attend. 
     SAC Minutes- Jan. 12, 2017 A special thank you to the approximately 100 parents who participated in the homework survey designed by our SAC committee. The results have been shared with staff and will also be shared with the community once we have time for further discussion regarding next steps. We truly value your partnership.
Looking ahead...

• Coming in February expect to see a District Parent Survey that the district distributes to gather important information about schools. 
• Thanks to Ms. Fitzgerald, our Fireside Falcons have several enrichment offerings to look forward to- from Chess Club to our school-wide Science Fair. Please visit here to learn more about dates and opportunities. 
• Testing Schedule  Grades 3-5 PARCC-CMAS Schedule

This week's assembly highlighted Integrity and Movement. Wow- we were moving and grooving as a whole school! Ms. Rosquist and our special guest reminded us all about how important it is to get up and move- especially when it comes to supporting the brain, learning and wellness. We've also started a movement minute as part of our morning announcements to help get our brains active and ready for the day. Be sure to ask your child about it.  

As always, thank you for your partnership in learning!

January 6

Dear Fireside Families,

I hope you all enjoyed the unexpected snow day on Thursday!  The beauty of Colorado is in our ever-changing weather, soon followed by blue skies. 

I'm not sure if everyone had a chance to view our latest Fireside Falcon News video or read the Fireside Gazette (hard copies were sent home the Friday before break) with close to 40 different contributing articles, but they're well worth your time. I am so proud of our writers, reporters and broadcasters! What meaningful, authentic ways for students to report out about Fireside and what makes it such an exceptional school.

As a staff, one of our continued areas of focus has involved becoming more unified with our beliefs, practices and resources for teaching reading and developing young readers. Here is a document we created to guide our work. As part of our efforts to support developing readers we are embarking on a big task (parent volunteers to support these efforts would be greatly appreciated). We are taking inventory of our school book sets. If you’re able to assist, please contact Paula Haskins at paula.haskins@bvsd.org by January 13th.  The project will get underway beginning the morning of January 17. Our goal is to level and refresh our leveled booksets. 

Our January SAC meeting will be taking place in the library next week from 5:30-7pm. Please view the January 12 SAC Agenda if interested.

In February, Fireside will be hosting C.A.P., a program to equip students with skills to prevent assault, abuse and bullying behaviors. To find out more, visit the CAP website. Please be sure to view the attached letter. Parents are encouraged to attend the CAP meeting that will be held on February 2nd from 6-8pm. Please RSVP here by January 31st if you're planning to attend. 

I look forward to partnering with families in the year ahead- Happy New Year!